Grafana Preferences API

The preferences API from Grafana — 3 operation(s) for preferences.

Operations 8

GET /org/preferences Get Current Org Prefs #
PUT /org/preferences Update Current Org Prefs #
PATCH /org/preferences Patch Current Org Prefs #
GET /teams/{team_id}/preferences Get Team Preferences #
PUT /teams/{team_id}/preferences Update Team Preferences #
GET /user/preferences Get user preferences #
PUT /user/preferences Update user preferences #
PATCH /user/preferences Patch user preferences #

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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/dashboard_versions/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/dashboard_permissions/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/folder_dashboard_search/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/folder_permissions/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/data_source/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/datasource_permissions/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/datasource_lbac_rules/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/alerting_provisioning/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/annotations/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/org/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/user/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/team/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/team_sync/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/preferences/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/access_control/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/serviceaccount/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/sso-settings/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/admin/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/licensing/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/reporting/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/query_and_resource_caching/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/library_element/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/correlations/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/snapshot/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/short_url/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/query_history/

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OpenAPI Specification

grafana-com-preferences-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: 'The Grafana backend exposes an HTTP API, the same API is used by the frontend to do

    everything from saving dashboards, creating users and updating data sources.'
  title: Grafana HTTP API. Preferences API
  contact:
    name: Grafana Labs
    url: https://grafana.com
    email: hello@grafana.com
  version: 0.0.1
servers:
- url: /api
security:
- basic: []
- api_key: []
tags:
- name: Preferences
paths:
  /org/preferences:
    get:
      description: Use /apis/preferences.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/preferences/namespace
      tags:
      - Preferences
      summary: Get Current Org Prefs
      operationId: getOrgPreferences
      deprecated: true
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/getPreferencesResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
    put:
      description: Use /apis/preferences.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/preferences/namespace
      tags:
      - Preferences
      summary: Update Current Org Prefs
      operationId: updateOrgPreferences
      deprecated: true
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/okResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/badRequestError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdatePrefsCmd'
        required: true
    patch:
      description: Use /apis/preferences.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/preferences/namespace
      tags:
      - Preferences
      summary: Patch Current Org Prefs
      operationId: patchOrgPreferences
      deprecated: true
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/okResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/badRequestError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatchPrefsCmd'
        required: true
  /teams/{team_id}/preferences:
    get:
      tags:
      - Preferences
      summary: Get Team Preferences
      operationId: getTeamPreferences
      parameters:
      - name: team_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/getPreferencesResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
    put:
      tags:
      - Preferences
      summary: Update Team Preferences
      operationId: updateTeamPreferences
      parameters:
      - name: team_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/okResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/badRequestError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdatePrefsCmd'
        required: true
  /user/preferences:
    get:
      description: Use /apis/preferences.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/preferences/user-{uid}
      tags:
      - Preferences
      summary: Get user preferences
      operationId: getUserPreferences
      deprecated: true
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/getPreferencesResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
    put:
      description: 'Use /apis/preferences.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/preferences/user-{uid}


        Omitting a key (`theme`, `homeDashboardUID`, `timezone`) will cause the current value to be replaced with the system default value.'
      tags:
      - Preferences
      summary: Update user preferences
      operationId: updateUserPreferences
      deprecated: true
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/okResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/badRequestError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdatePrefsCmd'
        required: true
    patch:
      description: Use /apis/preferences.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/preferences/user-{uid}
      tags:
      - Preferences
      summary: Patch user preferences
      operationId: patchUserPreferences
      deprecated: true
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/okResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/badRequestError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatchPrefsCmd'
        required: true
components:
  responses:
    unauthorisedError:
      description: UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    internalServerError:
      description: InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    getPreferencesResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PreferencesSpec'
    badRequestError:
      description: BadRequestError is returned when the request is invalid and it cannot be processed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    okResponse:
      description: An OKResponse is returned if the request was successful.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessResponseBody'
    forbiddenError:
      description: ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
  schemas:
    NavbarPreference:
      type: object
      properties:
        bookmarkUrls:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    QueryHistoryPreference:
      type: object
      properties:
        homeTab:
          type: string
    PatchPrefsCmd:
      type: object
      properties:
        homeDashboardId:
          description: 'The numerical :id of a favorited dashboard

            Deprecated: Use HomeDashboardUID instead'
          type: integer
          format: int64
          default: 0
        homeDashboardUID:
          type: string
        language:
          type: string
        navbar:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NavbarPreference'
        queryHistory:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryHistoryPreference'
        theme:
          type: string
          enum:
          - light
          - dark
        timezone:
          description: Any IANA timezone string (e.g. America/New_York), 'utc', 'browser', or empty string
          type: string
        weekStart:
          type: string
    ErrorResponseBody:
      type: object
      required:
      - message
      properties:
        error:
          description: Error An optional detailed description of the actual error. Only included if running in developer mode.
          type: string
        message:
          description: a human readable version of the error
          type: string
        status:
          description: 'Status An optional status to denote the cause of the error.


            For example, a 412 Precondition Failed error may include additional information of why that error happened.'
          type: string
    UpdatePrefsCmd:
      type: object
      properties:
        homeDashboardId:
          description: 'The numerical :id of a favorited dashboard

            Deprecated: Use HomeDashboardUID instead'
          type: integer
          format: int64
          default: 0
        homeDashboardUID:
          type: string
        language:
          type: string
        navbar:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NavbarPreference'
        queryHistory:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryHistoryPreference'
        theme:
          type: string
          enum:
          - light
          - dark
          - system
        timezone:
          description: Any IANA timezone string (e.g. America/New_York), 'utc', 'browser', or empty string
          type: string
        weekStart:
          type: string
    PreferencesSpec:
      type: object
      properties:
        homeDashboardUID:
          description: UID for the home dashboard
          type: string
        homeURL:
          description: 'Explicit home URL (NOTE: this can only be modified in the system settings)'
          type: string
        language:
          description: Selected language
          type: string
        navbar:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PreferencesNavbarPreference'
        queryHistory:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PreferencesQueryHistoryPreference'
        theme:
          description: user interface theme
          type: string
        timezone:
          description: The timezone selection
          type: string
        weekStart:
          description: day of the week (sunday, monday, etc)
          type: string
    SuccessResponseBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    PreferencesQueryHistoryPreference:
      type: object
      properties:
        homeTab:
          description: 'one of: '''' | ''query'' | ''starred'';'
          type: string
    PreferencesNavbarPreference:
      type: object
      properties:
        bookmarkUrls:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
    basic:
      type: http
      scheme: basic